Law As a Social System

Niklas Luhmann, the late
Translated by Klaus A. Ziegert, Edited by Fatima Kastner, Richard Nobles, David Schiff, and Rosamund Ziegert

Description

In this volume, Niklas Luhmann, the leading exponent of systems theory, explores its implications for our understanding of law. The volume provides a rigorous application to law of a theory that offers profound insights into the relationships between law and other aspects of contemporary society, including politics, the economy, the media, education, and religion.

Law As a Social System

Niklas Luhmann, the late
Translated by Klaus A. Ziegert, Edited by Fatima Kastner, Richard Nobles, David Schiff, and Rosamund Ziegert

Table of Contents

Foreword, Niklas LuhmannIntroduction, Richard Nobles and David Schiff1. The Location of Legal Theory2. The Operative Closure of the Legal System3. The Function of Law4. Coding and Programming5. Justice: a Formula for Contingency6. The Evolution of Law7. The PositionoOf Courts in the Legal System8. Legal Arguments9. Politics and Law10. Structural Couplings11. The Self-description of the Legal System12. Society and its LawIndex

Law As a Social System

Niklas Luhmann, the late
Translated by Klaus A. Ziegert, Edited by Fatima Kastner, Richard Nobles, David Schiff, and Rosamund Ziegert